21 Jul 2009
- Capitol Hill Summit on Sustainable Communities, Environmental Justice and the New Economy
Sustainable Community Development Group, Inc.
SAVE THE DATE!
We are pleased to announce the dates for the Capitol Hill Summit on Sustainable Communities, Environmental Justice and the New Economy:
OCTOBER 15-16, 2009
CAPITOL HILL SUMMIT
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE NEW ECONOMY
The Summit will be hosted by the Honorable John E. Conyers, Jr., House of Representatives, United States Congress.
In terms of recovery expenditures and other important appropriations, the Capitol Hill Summit will gather key constituencies and the Administration to address resolving economic, social and health disparities through sustainable infrastructure investments, jobs, wealth creation and resource commitments.
The national Community Revitalization Alliance is a growing coalition of community development, sustainable development and environmental justice stakeholders working at the federal level on equitable development, community revitalization, environmental quality and public health policies. The Alliance headquartered in Washington, DC connects community development corporations (CDCs), environmental justice groups, civic associations, faith based organizations, community-based businesses, developers, academics, researchers, practitioners and thought leaders in these fields from around the nation.
The Community Revitalization Alliance, working on behalf of 50 organizations and institutions in 20 states, is hosted and managed by Sustainable Community Development Group, Inc. Groups and the institutions in the Alliance are leaders in problem-solving and implementing innovative rural and urban strategies and projects. Their work epitomizes place-based best practices.
The Capitol Hill Summit on Sustainable Communities, Environmental Justice and the New Economy will convene these organizations and others October 15-16, 2009 seizing this moment to impact the new green economy. In collaboration, the Alliance seeks to ensure that federal investments, including the budget and economic recovery efforts, advance sustainability by definition incorporating equity, addressing and meeting community needs.
The Capitol Hill Summit is a venue wherein the community sector frames and leads a public policy conversation among multi-stakeholders from the perspective of sustainable communities. Our concern is about people – families, children and workers who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods with unhealthy air and housing, vacant and contaminated properties, unsafe parks, unreliable public transportation, limited grocery stores and healthy food options, and health disparities.
Community stakeholders want rapid delivery of environmental and economic benefits to those whose needs are most chronic in areas hardest hit by the recession. Communities are working for mandates to strongly engage people and grassroots workers in setting the governmental investment agenda and spending decisions. Our intention is to influence the national discourse, decisions and investments in ways that position underserved communities to benefit from environmental and health, economic and social advances of the new green economy.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUMMIT OR SCDG, CONTACT US:
Sustainable Community Development Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 15395
Washington, DC 20003
Telephone (202) 637-2467
